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The Court War (Godstone #2) by Violette Malan     

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A world of different modes (counties) reaching out from the court of practitioners (like mages) The White Court, and it’s balancing group, the Red Court (wherein lies the law) The world is out of balance we slowly learn, caused it appears by the creation of the Godstone, an artefact locked away for many years by a gifted practitioner 

Practitioner Fenra Lowens and Elvanyn Karamisk know what’s at stake but before they can state the case for World health things come to a head. She has to persuade the Courts via the Council to work together to heal the World. This should be their highest priority.

Fenra has been commanded to convince the Council that, “The world … and everything in it, the Modes, practitioners, mundanes, rivers, mountains, animals, everything is a piece of one organism. The World had already begun to fail, and when … the Godstone [was torn]from it, it lost the ability to act in its own defense, and it lost the ability to heal.”

The problem is the Council doesn’t believe Fenra. They are sceptical and view Fenra as a lowly no nothing third class practitioner. We know she’s so much more. The political games have begun!

The old ways might heal the World but it seems no-one’s listening. Fenra begins to suspect there’s something off key than she first thought, but with deep fissures opening up in the earth, avoiding being arrested and quakes happening her attention is somewhat divided.

Interesting to note that Dadian philosophy where the world seen as a sentient being seems somewhat akin to to some concepts of Deep Ecology.

Tension builds slowly but in a distinct Violette Malan way that we’ve come to appreciate.

A DAW ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.

Please note: Quotes taken from an advanced reading copy maybe subject to change